| 单词 | daylight |
| 例句 | Revealed by daylight, we saw the strangers we had shared a black closet with for six weeks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were several hours to daylight, two at least, maybe a bit more before the sky started to grow fight. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall windows let the daylight in, revealing a sizable bed and a table with chairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There they were, in his living room in New Haven, awash in soft jazz and daylight, and she looked at him, her good, bewildered man, and felt the day take on a sad, epic quality. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The drive was in daylight this time, all the way, even though it had taken them a long while to get everything ready and the apartment locked up. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The circling beams lit the roof to a daylight brightness and he could see that one man held a gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Silvertongue did not mock his fear of the dark either, as Dustfinger had, and curiously enough that made the fear less, shrinking it as only daylight usually did. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In my dream I was back on the peach farm, sitting out behind the tractor shed, and even though it was broad daylight, I could see a huge, round moon in the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat up in bed and read seven chapters of The Winning of Barbara Worth, and when it was daylight he went down to the silent kitchen and made a pot of coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I can shoot the daylights out of a basketball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The meet ended by three and that meant maybe six good hours of daylight left, six and a half if we counted twilight, which seemed far darker from inside the hospital. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Still it had come to an end, in the last long rays of daylight at the tree, when Phineas fell. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they walked “all the remaining Part of the Night without making any Stop,” hoping that the Indians would not begin pursuit until daylight. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As a kid, I was never afraid of imaginary monsters at night: All the monsters I knew walked in daylight and carried big guns. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The wind and updraft lifted flames hundreds of feet into the sky and created such a bright light that it reminded some people of daylight. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z At length, Mrs. Glass heaved one of her premium sighs and returned her attention to Zooey, who, pushing at his cuticles, had pivoted a half turn toward the morning daylight. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s up at daylight because no one should sleep beyond the dawn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I sink down into sleep, enveloped in his warmth, and when I open my eyes again, daylight’s streaming through the windows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The room looked different by daylight because the windows were uncovered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As daylight faded, veterans and visitors lingered by the Wall, touching names one last time, offering prayers and promises to return. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was not settling down to its night of rest despite the daylight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When the wagon stopped they were in the yard of a stable, and it was broad daylight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Black amethysts from Asshai. The rarest kind, a deep true purple by daylight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was still some daylight when the train got to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must be calm as you walk in. Oh, this is most dramatic—in broad daylight and in the middle of the city. We’ll sit here for a while and look at his building.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It floated into daylight, turned sideways and passed out of the restricted view. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of José Arcadio Buendía under the chestnut tree with impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z All through the daylight hours, mobs of whites and blacks engaged in pitched battles throughout the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In daylight, the Po-2 was an easy target for enemy fighter planes because it was so slow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But there were few mothers brave enough to bring these words out into the daylight and present them to the child. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kenny Halverson’s uncle said he didn’t like half the things he saw in the daylight and that there was a very good reason for being afraid of the dark. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z We walk out of the Hub and into the bright daylight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I stay awhile longer and then go blinking into the daylight. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The creatures of the tundra were going to sleep, as they did also at noon in the constant daylight. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He may not be dead when it falls in either. That warren’s tharn as an owl in daylight. He was wise to leave when he did.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, a door at the top of the staircase is open, letting in daylight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z From an uncovered window high overhead, a little daylight made its way down the curved staircase, illuminating thousands of dust motes dancing in the dim air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Somebody knocked the daylights out of you,” she said, and a moment later she was humming “Oh! Susanna” at that same frantic speed she’d hummed it before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind had stopped moving and daylight seemed to be quickly giving in to night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “But he never saw the canoe in daylight,” she pointed out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps the idea is to use as much daylight as possible. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In broad daylight I parked my car and got into his. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits felt encouraged, and looked up hopefully at the broadening daylight in the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Down there was another kind of daylight everything was blooming and growing everything was so beautiful. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His lower eyelids closed upward and cut out the last of the daylight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “It’s queer that daylight’s not enough. We need the shadows, in order to walk.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The distant boom of artillery switched from its sporadic night rhythm to the purposeful daylight pounding. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight the room was not familiar to Jake, but he recognized the man’s face instantly and it was as though he had known him a very long time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mom had calculated that we could leave at 6:00 A.M. central daylight time, stop three times at twenty minutes per stop, and still arrive at our destination at 9:00 P.M. eastern daylight time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They told him, “God’s daylight is sweet even to the old. We do not ask you to die for us. We will not die for you.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Templeton, not wishing to come out in broad daylight, stayed quietly under the straw at the bottom of the crate. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The reporters wanted to see the horse in the daylight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I could go further, I still have 15 percent battery power or so, but I want to get as much daylight on my solar cells as I can. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that news would spread and overtake him, making the daylight hours unsafe for traveling. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in broad daylight his hand passed through solid objects. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z By 5:00 A.M. the first hint of daylight glowed dimly in the east, and daybreak brought a chilly, misty, overcast day with snow squalls driving in ragged veils across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I began going to bed earlier and earlier, sometimes even in bright daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His brother, six years older, was the closest thing Wes had to a caretaker during the daylight hours and was fiercely protective of the little brother who idolized him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The rebellion would have been ended on that day, with one more hour of daylight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod wondered if that was what the Sleer looked like, in the daylight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The cat would be there somewhere, but by daylight—and by staying in the open, away from the shrubs—she could probably spot him before he saw her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At this I felt a weight like stone within me, and, moaning, pressed my length against the bed, with no desire to see the daylight more. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one night it clouded up and rained till daylight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They were chatting in the last moments of daylight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Putting his arm around me, he said, “Now, I wouldn’t worryy about those dogs. They’ll be all right. It’s not long till daylight. Then you can go to them.’ Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had actually come up into my loft, on his own in broad daylight, without any of the family knowing he was here, which is dead alarming of itself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I am up and at the kitchen counter before daylight. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Men would pass you in daylight but pick you up after dark. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you run fast?” she asks, as if she has not just scared the living daylights out of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In full daylight, there was something curiously mask-like about his features. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I stayed up and listened to them until the last tones of the hound’s voice died away in the daylight hours. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight, Will could see how ancient the buildings in the heart of the city were, and how near to ruin some of them had come. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It absolutely scared the living daylights out of me and Mrs. Tickham. We screamed.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The light was harsh—as clear as daylight but with none of its warmth—and she couldn’t locate its source. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sitting there in the dark I saw some daylight. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The next thing that happened was we started sleeping most of the daylight hours so we could be awake at night when everyone else was in bed. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The door swung open and the sudden daylight made them blink. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z You could see almost as well with the Starlight Scope at night as you could see in the daylight. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The light that came through the picture window was daylight, real golden late-afternoon daylight, not a white mist light. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I found him at daylight when Mama told me to step out to the dog run and cut down a side of middling meat hanging to the pole rafters. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I came to look at the forest in daylight.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He did not know how long he had been there; some hours, at any rate; with no clocks and no daylight it was hard to gauge the time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Now that they were talking by daylight in the attic instead of by candlelight in the Smugglers’ Cave it seemed much less likely that the empty house would be haunted. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z All that and life, too, if daylight came. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the deepening glow their eyes looked black, but in daylight they would be blood-red, Jon knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the daylight the angels were less visible, though to any eye their strangeness was clear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe found work at Paydirt, a speakeasy night job that lets him see the City do its unbelievable sky and run around with Violet in afternoon daylight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the second week in September a cart came in through Bywater from the direction of the Brandywine Bridge in broad daylight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She had to blink her eyes at the daylight. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I’m in the Lake sector, watching the strengthening daylight paint the churning waterwheels and turbines gold. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Maybe if I go in broad daylight and tell him while he is awake where I am going, he will be all right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She says: "Let's go eat. Everything looks better in the daylight." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She’d either have to get out of the clouds, or land and wait for the weather to clear or for daylight to break. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Not so brave in broad daylight,” Edward says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The curtains were drawn, but the daylight gleam around their edges was strong, and for all her spinning sensations of tiredness, she could not sleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Still, that was in daylight and before I was more careful about my behavior. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But the daylight made the room vivid and alive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It would not be safe to travel in daylight. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z From then on, six days a week, every minute of daylight, he worked as a substitute. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nonsense! And is it that makes you so miserable? Are you afraid now in daylight?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, before daylight, Genie and Ernie got up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They came out into the courtyard where a last silvery daylight still hung above the soiled, trodden snow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As the daylight faded, the ghosts started moving closer and in greater numbers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We passed houses which I knew well by daylight but couldn’t recollect in the swarthy gloom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to move, in order to make it to the cape while there’s still daylight.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Surrounding her were candles she burned in daylight, clean yellow diamonds, footlights that ringed her, mysterious masked mother, nose and mouth veiled with a cowboy handkerchief. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It is good that it is growing daylight; perhaps the attack will come before noon. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain saw the hills rising in the daylight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The skirts of the forest and the scar were familiar, near the conch and the shelters and sufficiently friendly in daylight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I knew it must be serious because it was daylight. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Clouds may obscure it to an extent to which they cannot obscure daylight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There would still be daylight enough to take a look around town. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There was no morning, only daylight in the doorway. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much daylight left,” he muttered, more gruffly than King Eiddileg himself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Shining on those fields of snow, it was almost as bright as daylight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A little show. Why not in daylight? After all, the young lady’s only twelve years old. She should be in bed at eight o’clock.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the daylight, her skin was so translucent, her veins seemed to glow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Get off your bottom and find a better way to say it. broad daylight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The front door was open to the street and I was surprised to see there was still daylight left. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight gave an even greater air of reality to the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In daylight they watch my crooked hands while I scratch the soil in my little damp garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One circuit of the cellar at ground level, one on the first gallery, half on the second, and on the two hundred and sixty-seventh morning, daylight in the Decanting Room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She was going on about the scrapple to separate night from day, to make it clear that what happened at night, what we did at night, had nothing to do with daylight hours. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z During the daylight hours, they dove into the surf with abandon, emerging tanned and sure-footed, as if they were selkies who had let their timidity float out on the tide like a false skin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He passed a strip-mining works, huge blue arc lights burning in the dim midwinter daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Now he saw daylight, and the sun shining. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Bananas were so abundant around the village people stole them off each other’s trees in broad daylight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d walked there in the daylight and his feet knew the way, but the sounds were different now. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z One hundred and twenty-four seconds later, Root’s black-and-white blueprints faded out, to be replaced by full-color daylight imaging. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Though glad to see daylight, she was worn to a frazzle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it would be neatly daylight when she let me out in front of Ella’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hours of daylight remained, and he was eager to see those attack dogs in action. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some clothes in the crypt beneath the ruined church, but Bod did not want to go down to the crypt, not even in daylight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z An infrared camera will take photographs in the dark, when we cannot see, and it will also take photographs in daylight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had left the front door open, and when I saw daylight I leaped across the threshold and down the few steps. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Stabs of lightning turned the dark into daylight, and I’d catch brief glimpses of Abbey, covering her face with the backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Even though we were known hunters, it wouldn't have been good to go carrying a 150-pound deer through the streets of District 12 in daylight like we were rubbing it in the officials' faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was daylight, but the shades were down so that the room was half-dark. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He jumped and I saw him as clear as if it were daylight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there was a crack of daylight between them, like my shell was coming loose. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Outside the clouds shifted, the last rays of daylight throwing our shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The blacksmith’s shop, the mill, the church, the stores, so busy and alive in daylight, were hunched, deserted now, dark piles and shapes without a purpose or a meaning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight he sometimes appeared awkward, but now there was something almost graceful about him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The light of the half-moon and stars tinged the sands blue, purple, and silver instead of the daylight colors of orange, red, and white. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z During daylight hours, the steamy wood was often full of northmen come to pray to the old gods, but at this hour Theon Greyjoy found he had it all to himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Raw cold daylight fell through from the roof. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When I got out to assess my situation, I could see I had only a few more minutes of daylight left to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Because Belmont rules stated that any workout in daylight after the last race had to be approved, Smith had to consult the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I saw we were coming to the end of the path and daylight was up ahead. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When they were not working, they could walk—during daylight hours—anywhere inside the sprawl of Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It had been dark in Building 10 in the daylight. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “They just want to have as much daylight as possible,” said Nala. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Would it be better to go down right away or wait until daylight? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Right now we have to get out of sight. None of this matters if they bag us while we’re gabbing in broad daylight. I’ll go out again tonight, check things out.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight when he awakened again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the perfect lighting for telling secrets and talking about things you would never talk about in the daylight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The cellar door was outlined with daylight, and it illuminated, dimly, bushels of potatoes and apples, sacks of flour and grain. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In daylight, it was simple to find the place, but nightfall had obscured the hills. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Seemed like then they needed me every minute of daylight and every day of the week. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z First, its rays penetrated through the leaves, and gradually, with cockcrows and sparrows that vigorously proclaimed daylight, the golden sun sat at the top of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A few days later, reporters and dockers were startled to see him leading Seabiscuit out in broad daylight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, thinking that, in the daylight, she had seen my spots and regretted sharing her mat with me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Our tier gave an excellent daylight view of the whole airport area. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take her hand. Keep her with you. Make her go. Take off your armbands and run. Run until daylight. Then hide. Run at night.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “With all his education, mind you. Selling weenies out on the street in the broad daylight.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ones by the trees were on the far sides; you couldn’t see them from the house even in broad daylight. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Splendid. We can find this crossing in daylight?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be hard enough to find Mace by daylight, and impossible now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I can sleep in broad daylight,” Shae said, getting up and gathering her bedroll. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But when having finished I switched it off again, I could see early daylight at the edges of the curtains. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If it should take more than an hour or two, daylight would be upon us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He certainly wouldn't be wandering around in broad daylight unless someone else had a hand in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon after daylight they began to hear and smell hrududil passing, not so far away as the breadth of a small field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We are not conscious of daylight as that which displaces darkness. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight was quickly running away to hide in the clouds. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She might zoom right past whatever the clue referred to and not even know it, and have to retrace her path in daylight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps in daylight we accept that bag to be just a bag”—she pointed with the flat of her palm as if it balanced a top—“when in reality it is a Bag Ghost.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be done in the daylight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Convinced that in daylight the mummies would be in no mood for clowning, she went to the darkroom hoping that the door would be open, but it was locked, as always. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no window, but the rough boards let in chinks of daylight as well as drafts of cold November air. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They are visible in daylight as well as at night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z How will I get them there in the daylight? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then she looked out past Jess, out into the daylight world. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But if the view in the daylight was good, the view by moonlight was even better. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z So outright murdering the sheriff in broad daylight is off the table, more’s the pity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Boys who are hiding secrets, girls who can barely stand to see daylight—he has devoted his life to listening to us and giving us a space to make our statements. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the diner, which looked dingy by daylight, Dicey had fried eggs, while the others had pancakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As daylight turns to evening, Custer assembles his men for one final charge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Easily visible in broad daylight, you could read by it at night. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And with daylight came the bits of him: his smile and his wide watching eyes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Withdraw and wait for full daylight no doubt, and fly high enough to scan the edge of the forest over a wide area, so he could see when Lee and Grumman broke cover. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the moths came down and fluttered about the pool as the daylight mixed into the darkness. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Lighter clothes were more expensive and required frequent professional cleaning, so while my everyday trousers and waistcoat looked rather somber in the daylight, they made suitable evening wear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "We'll wait for daylight. Until then, I had best go speak with my loyal subjects." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So my daddy, who had just turned 18 eightteen eighteen years old, got up early before daylight and walked all the way to Spindale to town. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The trees seethe and the house smolders, and standing in the gravel of the driveway, the daylight nearly finished, the locksmith has an unsettling thought: Someone might be coming for us. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At 6:30, as the last of the daylight seeped from the sky, I’d descended to within 200 vertical feet of Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I came up with a solution, but I'd done enough physical labor for one day, and I was almost out of daylight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They could see that the daylight was starting to go, because some windows at the ends of the hallways were getting dark. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The daylight slipped away and the place darkened. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z People did cross the line now and then, especially if they were adults, and it was daylight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When we think of the downs, we think of the downs in daylight, as we think of a rabbit with its fur on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The door that the old man closed behind him was of polished horn, through which the daylight shone dimly, and on its inner face was carved the Thousand-Leaved Tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Just a few dry, weather-worn boards leaning haphazardly against a crooked frame, showing daylight through to the cracked furniture within. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I must leave. I was not made for daylight.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps she couldn’t leave her house in the daylight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Uri pulled down the hatch, snipping off the daylight, then he flipped a switch and a bare lightbulb burned among the cobwebs in the ceiling. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The previous victim was a man who had been attacked in broad daylight in his field. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Flames as bright as daylight, where you have to stand back from the heat. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She wants her to get a view of this garden in the daylight. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She stood in the fading daylight a little longer and then admitted, “I’m going to Rûm.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She went into the kitchen to make tea, and as she waited for the water to boil she watched daylight creeping into the cracks around the shuttered windows. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But nothing, Captain. I’m counting down the seconds until daylight here, and I don’t like our odds if we have to exit at high noon.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I can’t see daylight because the soles of shoes cover every inch of glass above us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In daylight, without the fire, it took a long, hard hike to get to Eagle’s Ridge. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Working quickly, for she had only a few hours of daylight, she formed tear-shaped hoops out of the last two strips. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the daylight they were a mess, splashed up to their necks in mud, covered in burrs and tendrils. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was JO mad I marched right down the road to his house in daylight and got him out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of you gonna unlock these, or are you just going to stand there wasting daylight?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Now, normally I am not the biggest fan of being hugged by my mother in broad daylight at this point in my adolescent years, but I must say, it felt pretty nice right then. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I think,’ he said, ‘that there is a light ahead. But it is not daylight. It is red. What can it be?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Look at you. Bloody look at you. You’re stunning. And this is how you dress when you’re all alone in the middle of the night? And in potato sacks when you’re out in broad daylight?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In the morning he could hardly wait to go out and look at the canoe in daylight, but his father wanted help clearing up in the bar after the busy evening. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But what he had thought about it had made it real with a reality it did not have now in the daylight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But fairies were never seen in common daylight, and they preferred the light of the full moon for their hunts and celebrations. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In decent weather we get swarms of Allied aircraft flying over every night, and some in daylight, too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A long, blurred strip of daylight reflected on the ceiling above the pelmet was all that broke the darkness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Such daylight as followed was dim; for here as the Mountain drew near the air was ever mirky, while out from the Dark Tower there crept the veils of Shadow that Sauron wove about himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In his own mind, he was not altogether certain that daylight might not bring the white bird down upon them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing my tendency to panic in the roar and crush of traffic, I started into Chicago long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at a distance, they were enough to scare the daylights out of the soldiers. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Other boxes are specially designed for owls and for bats, so that these creatures may take over in the dark hours the work of insect hunting performed in daylight by the small birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As I made my way toward the tennis courts, however, I saw a man being robbed and murdered, in broad daylight, by a gang of tsotsis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They made the room as bright as daylight. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood a little way above the rest of the village, and even in daylight was slightly creepy, with its boarded windows and dank overgrown garden. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I always woke up first, usually before daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But it was daylight; I’d be a fool to go up and see. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z In daylight I can not go anywhere without the fear of being seen and shot at, so mostly I have stayed hidden at this end of the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z With no daylight to illuminate its interior the barn was quite dim, and yet with so much dry hay scattered everywhere, Penelope was afraid to light a candle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They sprang aside as earth showered down and daylight poured in. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The creatures returned to the attack: botched beasts, belonging to ages before bird or dragon or man, long since forgotten by the daylight but recalled by the ancient, malign, unforgetful power of the Stone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to suffer the embarrassment of blanking out in broad daylight, nearly naked as I was, on the grass of my front yard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was enough to scare the living vegetarian daylights out of me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s too early—maybe thirty minutes until the faintest daylight shines. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In the daylight, maybe, you didn’t believe in this stuff. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does he have to do that right out in the open in broad daylight?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She could not prevent herself from smiling, and they stepped into the daylight together. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The battle site looks much less frightening in the daylight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was not hard to say, in the darkness and the moonlight; it was not as unthinkable as it was by daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z My mother has worked there for as long as I can remember, so I’m not surprised when she leads me down a few dark hallways, up a dank staircase, and into daylight again without interference. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The athletes were expected to remain in the tourist- class areas, except when exercising on the promenade deck during daylight hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nel’s call floated up and into the window, pulling her away from dark thoughts back into the bright, hot daylight. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Weylin house surprised me too when I saw it in daylight. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had never before travelled in broad daylight either. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s house was beautiful too, with wide, resplendent windows reflecting the daylight on every side, making it glitter and shine majestically. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Paul again, explaining: “They couldn’t have waited—it’s so late now it’ll be daylight by the time they get back to England. They couldn’t risk being caught over France in daylight.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Everything was just as clear as in full daylight, but there was less light to see it by, as if all the strength were draining out of a dying sun. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the last of the daylight flooding through the windows, she became a wavering silhouette, smudged at the edges by the steam rising from the sink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Only it wasn’t a dream, for his room was filled with daylight pouring under the raised shade, and there was Nipper, pecking at the pane. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The daylight faded and she was alone on the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe one led toward something despicable that would be visible in daylight But waiting would mean losing a night’s travel, and sleeping in the cold and dark without a sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "Knowing they'll knock the daylights out of me soon as they find out I tricked them?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a big, spacey kind of building with windows high up, and daylight coming down in beams, and the clean smell of wood shavings in the air. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Peasants like Will’s father suffered if their strips of land were far apart, because hours of precious daylight were wasted as they zigzagged from field to field. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He turns the wipers on and off and tests the headlights even though it’s still daylight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “There must be someone home, at all times. Thieves come, even in broad daylight these days.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z This being a thatch-roofed cottage by the roadside, it had looked a conspicuously attractive prospect from the Ford as I had approached in the last of the daylight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I told the sergeant that it was not proper to take the measurements at night when the accident had occurred in the daylight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The last of the daylight faded, and the stars hung above them, uncountable in their glory. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z In broad daylight, the junkyard didn’t look so spooky; just cluttered. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after daylight on Sunday morning, January 15, dead fish appeared in the new Town Lake in Austin and in the river for a distance of about 5 miles below the lake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The daylight coming through the floorboards was enough to make me wish I had a little fat on me so I wouldn’t slide right through to the ground. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He pushed away these vivid, daylight thoughts of her, not wanting to arrive feeling deranged. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She ran down the shed row, cut out into the daylight, and rushed toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the brink of daylight before King Lot could have his way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Things always feel better in the daylight, Jinny thought, and turned over to try and sleep a little more. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He pulls me into his arms and we’re wrapped around each other, his face buried in my hair and my face pressed into his chest, no daylight between our bodies. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His mother, bleeding from a shotgun pellet, made her way along the hedges in broad daylight, with Woundwort limping beside her. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Idly looking beyond the fire, he resettled the scattered rocks from their fiat shadows into daylight contours. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was like when you see a movie in the theater during the day, and when you leave the movie, you can’t believe that it’s still daylight outside. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z What a difference daylight made to the sinister nighttime appearance of the scene below! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We sat for hours under that tree, sat there until the sun faded in the west, and still Hassan insisted we had enough daylight for one more story, one more chapter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If it had looked terrible in the daylight, the Very Friendly Animal Center looked even worse in the dark. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Three days earlier, in broad daylight, two masked men had run into J. Browns Jewelers waving guns at the customers, ordering them to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The Cusp looked more otherworldly even than by daylight, aglow as though lit from within. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When I had enough, or nearly, I found I could no longer see well enough to fit them properly; so I decided to finish the next day, by daylight, and ate cold beans for supper. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He would not be afraid of them in the daylight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The best thing to do was to ignore this leaden feeling about the heart and rely on their common sense, their daylight sanity. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Before daylight every morning he would leave the house in his overalls, to be gone all day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was daylight now—there was no terror. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The Klan would ride right up Main Street in broad daylight and no one did a thing about it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was little daylight in any case, but Lyra did look, and found herself standing in front of a vast building of stone. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I’m thinking that if daylight comes we might live. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the film ended and they stepped outside, Laila was relieved to see that the sky had dimmed, that she wouldn’t have to meet Tariq’s eyes in the bright daylight. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The dormouse rubbed its liquid black eyes with its forepaws and blinked at the fading daylight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His scales were grey-black, catching the daylight like broken stone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “They need to move on back to Memphis then if daylight is what they want.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight blinds me, and I hear the shouts of hundreds of people. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She saw rooms, tables, stoves, and daylight coming through windows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The daylight grew and the air became warm; the dew faded off turf and leaf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that till now she had probably never seen him in broad daylight in the open. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The door closed behind him, shutting out the daylight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There was too much daylight for the communication stone to work. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The plane landed ten minutes early, at exactly one o’clock Pacific daylight time. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His entire plan depended on the fairies making their next move before daylight. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Outside the tall office building, daylight is fading and the staff buses are waiting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In any case, it would have been foolish to waste the few remaining minutes of daylight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So bad Big Ma didn’t threaten to beat the daylights out of Vonetta when she got home. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There was once a state legislator in Wisconsin who objected to the introduction of daylight saving time despite all the good arguments for it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And they went on, until it seemed to Vetch that what Ged had spoken would come true, and they were going beyond the sources of the sea and eastward behind the gates of daylight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then, like an electric switch being clicked on, he was aware that the room was filled with pale daylight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s playing very unselfishly, which is nice to see, but it also makes me feel as if he’s hiding in broad daylight—like he’s afraid to show the world what he can really do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the time I made it back to the ground floor, where the daylight they’d stolen had somehow returned, they had vanished from the house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I'm showered and dressed now; my window lets in daylight. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The next morning, just daylight, I went out into the kennel to sip tea and be with the dogs before feeding time. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy lurched awake in cold gray daylight, rain falling on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The early daylight was only just creeping down into the shadows under the trees, but he saw his master’s face very clearly, and his hands, too, lying at rest on the ground beside him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It's one of those art pieces that disappears with the daylight and comes back each night, a memorial for some King who got knifed and killed by a Stinger some months back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is highly infective, lethally hot, a liquid that would scare the daylights out of a military biohazard specialist. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said we would be harder to see in daylight,” the voice went on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the sun climbed, its gleam raced upriver like a lit fuse, seeming to carry daylight with it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By early evening the sun had gone and a brassy glare had taken the place of clear daylight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z All the light was green light that came through the leaves: but there must have been a very strong sun overhead, for this green daylight was bright and warm. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He thought he should feel sleepy after sailing all night, but the daylight seemed to drive away sleep and his body hummed with the boat and wind and sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I knew daylight was coming I settled down and rowed hard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A small fire, during daylight hours, that wouldn’t be so noticeable. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Mouse, I cannot see you, for the glare of the daylight is too bright. But if you will step inside my house, I will listen to what you have to say.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Why don't we go there now, in daylight, just for practice?” she had asked him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was danger, yes, but it was danger in daylight. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Before daylight we reached the bank of the Tagliamento and followed down along the flooded river to the bridge where all the traffic was crossing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z With the first daylight she went to the shore, to the headland where she had stood to watch him sail away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish that had changed everything, but once daylight hits, we get weird again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight I remember, there was no longer any pretense that the drawn curtains hid the sun. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z So she ended up a daylight lover, and it was only once actually that Sula came home from school and found her mother in the bed, curled spoon in the arms of a man. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My entire body trembled at the shock of daylight. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He opened the front door of the apartment and was blinded by daylight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “You’ll be safe on the lot, in daylight,” he says finally. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sun was shining brightly, but even so the moon was clearly visible, the way it sometimes was in daylight. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Would it be better to go out into the city, especially if it is still daylight, and try to find someone? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And when full daylight came at last, they all got to their feet and stretched their poor cramped bodies, and then the Centipede, who always seemed to see things first, shouted, “Look! There’s land below!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘She is sitting there all right, ma’am, as clear as daylight, but heaven only knows how she got there! Your Majesty is certainly not dreaming it this time!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell asleep at some point, and, when I woke up, daylight had dimmed a bit, the shadows had stretched, and Sohrab was still sitting next to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They left at first daylight, each carrying a bundle with food in it, and each before he went kissed Nathan’s feet, then mine, and we laid our hands on them in blessing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He squinted against the rush of the water, hoping to see some hint of daylight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They’d sleep away the daylight hours, or try to sleep, then at dusk they’d put on their gear and move out single file into the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched it glint in the daylight and wondered if it really was magical. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A thin ribbon of sky let in daylight and at night showed a few stars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed into a hall, bright with daylight from its high windows in the east. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Deciding that he didn’t feel like having the daylights walloped out of him, he walked to the rack of weapons and selected two wooden swords. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The lock turned; we went in, entering the doubtful reality of a hallway familiar only in daylight and bustle. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more like dusk than daylight, and wraiths and streamers of the fog rose dismally from puddles in the road, or clung like forlorn lovers to the anbaric cables overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Isolde still in the realm of the sun, in the shimmering daylight still, Isolde—How I long to see her! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "He's busy. He works most of the daylight hours, and arranging rocks to spell a message takes time and energy." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’d recovered a little, I looked up to see another gleam ahead of me—not a reflection of my phone, but a weak glimmer of daylight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She decided that she didn’t believe at all what Mrs. Borkowski said about daylight stars and deep holes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Yet it had a shape now, even in the daylight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z To me dawn and dusk are quiet times, and here in the redwoods nearly the whole of daylight is a quiet time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There were at least three more hours of daylight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins complain that they’ve had nothing but ice cream to eat for days, that their mother dances with Ivanito and warns them of the dangers of daylight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in the daylight, the buffalo boy’s friend didn’t seem as extraordinary. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After being inside so long, the daylight almost blinded me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He sat up, straightening his glasses, blinking in the bright daylight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It would, of course, be unfair to suggest that all masters were constantly beating the daylights out of all the boys in those days. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood bunched up beside the great truck, all of us naked and stinking, our little whole, our night-entity exposed to the bright cruel daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The chapel door was open and Silas, who had love for neither the rain nor for the remnants of the daylight, was standing inside, in the shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When morning came, everybody got up at daylight. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Hello. It’s daylight. The chupacabras only comes out at night. Besides, if he has goats, he has water. Let’s just hope he can spare some.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When I woke it was bright daylight—later than usual for me—and I had the worried feeling that everything had changed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Besides, he knew they didn't have much daylight left. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the daylight, the path would have been an easy walk, but in the dusk—brightened only by the flickering torches— it was an obstacle course. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We need daylight and to that extent it is utilitarian, but moonlight we do not need. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If she rode this hard all night, Tally thought, maybe tomorrow she could sleep the hideous daylight away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The gel blacks out any natural daylight in the front, but some light still slips through the shutters in the kitchen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I gingerly repositioned Otto to my lap so I could sit up and use the last moments of daylight to take stock of my supplies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We were shoved up the stairs, through a door and into strong daylight, onto the roof. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The moon was bright, and the rolling hills and dry lake flats reflected a silvery light illusion that everything was as visible as if seen in broad daylight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As soon as it was daylight, I phoned Phoebe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Through them, thin segments of daylight showed from the downstream side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At last I found daylight at the edge of the courtyard and turned to look back. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even more curious, how did they dare to pull it across the yard in broad daylight when the cat was right there? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He himself had taken a plunge at daylight That was why the morning seemed long to him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The trapdoor clanged back and he found himself looking into a black hole that stretched farther than the daylight could reach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When daylight broke, I arose and put on my yellow damask gown. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Dusk had come to Cannery Row, the gray time between daylight and street light. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But in daylight a wall of anger pushes me in a different direction, roaring that I must leave Father behind me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As daylight approached, they looked for a place to rest for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the moment when they arrested him he had not seen darkness or daylight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A teeming, swirling world of enormous, wriggling creatures burst into my vision, scaring the daylights out of me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There was another attack just after daylight but it was unsuccessful. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We close the door softly when we go out into the daylight. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The back corridor, which serves as a sort of backbone to the staff's quarters of Darlington Hall, was always a rather cheerless affair due to the lack of daylight penetrating its considerable length. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At the far end of the sky, where daylight begins, a dense radiance like a shooting star breaks forth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is as plain as the daylight that you are in love.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At one moment he felt certain that it was broad daylight outside, and at the next equally certain that it was pitch darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Blue-filtered daylight shone from a row of unreachable windows, beyond which was the street, a smear of indistinct gray. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When he sees me in the daylight he will not know it was I who wrenched out of his grasp in the dark shop. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Dawn had broken, daylight grew stronger by the second, and with it her fear that she’d be too late. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Comer had daylight to the outside with Hill and Winchell running interference ahead of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was daylight, broad daylight, and he wondered why it was that he would be lying on his back on the dirt, looking at the ceiling in the middle of the day. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘I saw them. Do you think they could see us? They were very high up. And if they are Black Riders, same as before, then they can’t see much by daylight, can they?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He ate little, slept less, and whether he worked by daylight or lamplight, his eyes always seemed to glitter with ferocity. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They decided to make for the top at once, while the daylight was broad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Dazed, Ernest and the others spilled out of the cars, blinking in the daylight. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll find them easily in this moon. It’s like daylight outside. I’ve never seen a moon so full. And where in blazes is Ashton? He’s missing all the fun.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I also wanted to examine the shamblers in the daylight after speaking with Mr. Gideon, to see if there was anything different about them than the ones we'd faced back east. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We stay until school ends for the summer and the daylight lasts past bedtime and wet heat descends over the streets like a steaming blanket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He had an orneriness year-round, but especially in the summer, when he worked his peach orchards daylight to dusk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His prison uniform felt the same—stiff against my cheek, familiar as daylight. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The hair on the back of my neck prickles and my skin tightens as I watch them, even though it’s bright daylight with plenty of people around. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The man came out of nowhere, walked up to Father in broad daylight, big as life, and on television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They were gone at daylight, but not far. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I would be no better off when daylight came. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But you could do that only by daylight, when you could see the faces and gauge the reaction. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Scaring the living daylights out of them. You know, fun stuff. What about you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter to you if it’s dark or light outside,” Matty told him, scowling, “ but I need the daylight to look at something.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Herold was a good enough navigator during the daylight, but not under cloak of darkness, and not haunted by the fear of capture. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He maintained sagely that there is always a trade-off involved in the adoption of any policy, and that if daylight saving time were instituted, curtains and other fabrics would fade more quickly. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The churring of gray squirrels in the bright morning sun told me it was daylight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we didn’t have time to worry about that. We had to gather our equipment and stow it away before daylight.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll just grab that old terror by the shoulders and shake the daylights out of it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes quickly and there was the head grinning amusedly in the strange daylight, ignoring the flies, the spilled guts, even ignoring the indignity of being spiked on a stick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Even if Pong had known how to swim, he had been too terrified to make a break for the shore in the daylight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even in daylight, I saw little of his face, for he never pulled back the hood, except by accident. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If they found it and it was daylight, they would come back to fight it, but at the very least, they’d know where to go. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lupita’s youngest sister kept looking up at the sky as if she expected to see the special star that was Papá’s even by daylight. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Along about daylight I got my second wind and I really did make the chips fly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig spent most of the hours of daylight watching for Kehaar’s return. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in full daylight the place looked haunted I didn’t want to go in, but Mary Alice was marching through the door already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Now that it is daylight let him jump so that he’ll fill the sacks along his backbone with air and then he cannot go deep to die. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a click and swing the door open, daylight flooding the back of the truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I didn't even have to turn the light on in the room, because it was already daylight. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But either way, by daylight I would be leaving Texas for the first time in my life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Could she tell that the book was glowing, even in the daylight? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Seeing Daddy in the kitchen nearly scares the daylights out of me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, she would sit at her window and stare out at the Wood until the daylight was gone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He made tea and took it into his father’s old study, a room with a view of the water in daylight and of his father’s much-loved rhododendrons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I can see daylight coming through the boarded-up plywood and I cover Freak with my arms and just dive right through that plywood, wham. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He found he could hide from daylight and moonshine, and make his way swiftly and softly by dead of night with his pale cold eyes, and catch small frightened or unwary things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Only small owl likely to be seen perched in the open in daylight.’” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And by the time it was daylight they were sick to the stomach and tired out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He lay restless in the bed and when at last he fell asleep daylight had come. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I have never really seen your entire body in broad daylight.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Eventually it's using more power to keep warm than it's getting from the meager daylight that makes it through the dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to laugh at them in the daylight, but I don’t like the idea of them lying there, right in my bedroom, while I’m asleep. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then winter brings colder temperatures and less daylight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At her throat the great ruby drank the daylight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Really, in daylight, where is the surprise of this? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A man in a uniform calls out from behind the gate, scaring the living daylights out of me because I didn’t see him at first. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the daylight, the water was clear enough to see fathoms beneath the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Those crops were unable to spread south of the Sudan, beyond which they encountered summer rains and little or no seasonal variation in daylight. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the daylight was full, they had some hurried food and packed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The tinker hurried outside to make use of the remaining daylight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When it was beginning to be daylight we were quite close to the shore. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z By daylight they took sniper fire, at night they were mortared, but it was not battle, it was just the endless march, village to village, without purpose, nothing won or lost. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The dull gray daylight carved deep shadows beneath Kaede’s eyes and darkened the hollows in her cheeks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “They beat the living daylights out of him, Roland. For a while there, we weren’t sure he’d even make it, but he’s holding his own.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A layer of pale clouds covers the sun, making the daylight hazy and dull. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And if, in daylight, we improve our resolution so we can make out things that are a meter across, then we begin to detect for the first time individual organisms—whales, cows, flamingos, people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there's this letter—and the daylight seems to have gotten a little brighter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It would still be daylight, and if they showed up in the daylight, they would be demonstrating that they weren’t afraid of us, that we couldn’t protect the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “How come this one walks in daylight? I thought they could only walk at night? There’s one that kept stealing some seeds from my nali’s cornfield. I think sunlight harms it.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he just sat there holding the binoculars and watching the ashen daylight congeal over the land. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A black outline of Jessie standing on the bottom step with daylight squirting all around her. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z When true daylight arrived, they had come to the edge of the wood, and now the hills stood all about, being very high toward the north, where the Welsh mountains loomed in the blue distance. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He did not run; he walked as if nothing were new except the daylight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was just a little bit of wine left, and they passed it around, trying to get the nighttime glow started in the dirty glare of rising daylight. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “He can’t form in broad daylight. It’s hard for him. But he's around somewhere.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Back in the daylight, the train hugs a hillside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It's pretty dim down here, only the daylight from one basement window, but it catches him just right and makes his eyes shine. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z As daylight seeped through thick curtains of haze, a new pain arrived and gradually worsened until it could not be ignored. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In the daylight, the Rezaeis’ house was older and smaller than Mamou’s, the khaki muted enough that I could look at it without sustaining damage to my visual cortex. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z "There's too much talk about ghosts. We ought to have left all this for daylight." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Day before yesterday she would have said “Mr. Finch’ll help him” confident that Atticus would turn dark to daylight. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By the time Annabeth, Tyson, and Grover caught up with me, I was staring at daylight streaming through a set of bars above my head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It looked smaller and shabbier by daylight, but it was the same place, with the zinc-topped bar, the espresso machine, and the half-finished plate of risotto, now beginning to smell bad in the warm air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a long way, mostly uphill, and more daylight’s seeping out of the woods every minute. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He drank the raw liquor and by daylight he was warm and relaxed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I kept to the main roads, knowing they wouldn’t dare attack me in broad daylight when people were around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As daylight faded, I was entombed in a world darker than any night could bring. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She walks back to the porch and waits for the fishermen, for daylight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Something of daylight still lingered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could see him plainly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Certainly he looked paler; his skin still had that grayish tinge, probably because he so rarely saw daylight these days. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One thing I know, you ain’t supposed to see daylight when you look at the bottom of a boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The air, clear enough, was also too hot in daylight, freezing at night. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The house was possibly even more depressing in daylight—dingy and bare—but at least Eleanor had the place, and her mom, to herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Leaving their resting place at daylight, they would jog steadily along by day, their pace determined mainly by the endurance of the old dog. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight air disappears, and there’s the sound of dirt hitting the boards, shovelful after shovelful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At least he would be able to check it out in the daylight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra lifted the sleeping dragonflies up to a shelf in a dark corner, where Tialys said they would rest till daylight, and then the Gallivespians joined them on the table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The instant his unprepossessing head emerged into daylight, sunlight, Franny took him under the shoulders and lifted him up into intimate greeting distance. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Though the bitter cold did not abate, the daylight hours grew perceptibly longer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes pegs and breaking forth into lusty song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We climbed out of the Marriott basement and stood on the sidewalk in the bright summer daylight, squinting at the traffic and crowds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the last doze period before daylight, before he awakened finally with the morning light and the clouds of new mosquitos, he dreamed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see the shark with daylight still a few hours away, but I felt it there, gliding along just on the other side of the fiberglass, this starving presence. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Fatima went back to her tent, and, when daylight came, she went out to do the chores she had done for years. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk quickly along the shingle, past the beach huts, so pretty in daylight but now sinister, each one of them a hiding place. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The lengthening hours of daylight worked their spring magic on the birds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Each was blind to the other’s being, Ged as baffled by impalpable shadows as the shadow was baffled by daylight and by solid things. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t dark at all, but it wasn’t high daylight, either. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In daylight, the Levee was just as gritty as it had been at dusk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But now I could hear that Caleb’s third dog song—two during daylight and one at night—was a song to announce an arrival. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The men coming out of the ground, squinting against the daylight, were like dead men rising out of a grave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z What I see is like the entrance to a tunnel, rushing away from me; or I am rushing away from it, away from that spot of daylight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Though I remembered how, even in daylight, the city had seemed too big. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the daylight, I recognized Mrs. Huckaby, Central High’s vice-principal for girls, who had been present at several of our earlier meetings with the school board. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had ignored that black cellar and gone looking for the substance of Orgoreyn aboveground, in daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When daylight finally came, the saboteurs continued on their way to the train station. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When daylight began to come, by premonition, the boy found that he was among a crowd of people like himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One minute it was bright daylight, and then you turned your back and it was full dark, like it was trying to catch you. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I slept an hour but awakened long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t try to scare people in broad daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so worn out she was sure she could sleep in broad daylight, but Con was too wound up, and he began to pace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He returned it to its hiding spot above and stepped into the warm daylight as Jinx held open the screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Cole followed, splashing along stiffly in the gathering daylight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Soon it became brighter than Venus, and was briefly visible even by daylight, and then it slowly faded away over the course of sixteen months. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But all of that was pertinent only in the night, and had nothing to do with the man you loved, at least in daylight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea that she does this regularly, in broad daylight…. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The flowers look beautiful and savage in the daylight, like vicious creatures suspended in time, motionless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The teacher gave no instruction the entire period, except to applaud the actions of a man who, in broad daylight at an airport, killed a manacled criminal suspect accused of molesting the man’s son. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, he was certain they were dead; in the daylight, merely maimed and half dead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Only when daylight was streaming in through the door did the lodgers finally begin to stir. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When daylight came the storm was still blowing but the snow had stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In a cloud of horses, Pollard spotted daylight five feet or so off the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the children born to them had a piece of darkness that followed him about wherever he went by daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They had been walking for over twenty minutes now, the woods thick and dark despite the daylight that must be approaching outside it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The coal miners are “completely black when they come out of the dark mines into the daylight again, they look just like chimney-sweeps.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The front door was open to the street, and the daylight had almost gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I know,” she said, “but that was in the daytime. I never worried too much when it was daylight, but at night, that’s different. It’ll be dark and anything could happen.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She came onto the path, and it took a moment for the huntress to recognize her, for most of the daylight was gone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “So are you. But we still get up before daylight.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The daylight cast a white beam upon the bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Scare hell out of them, that's what, scare the living daylights out!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the courtyard is kind of like being a mouse at the bottom of a concrete garbage can, high walls all around and daylight up there somewhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As I rolled back the tarpaulin to the middle bench and daylight came to him, he stirred and growled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We left at midnight, and throughout the twenty-four-hour journey— to my greatest disappointment, for I had hoped to have a glimpse at the white world—we never saw daylight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was up and washed and dressed and out the door before daylight was more than a pale idea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I knew it was her owl because it was singing in daylight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw beside the picture window in the living room upstairs, when there is nobody home, or in the daylight from the cellar window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And then into the gardens to help the gardeners in the last of the daylight hours. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was never enough daylight to match up with all the work we had in front of us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend about every hour of daylight on Sundays just driving to church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Although a little daylight did come in through a narrow hole in the wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s taller than I am and super heavy, so I drag it out into the daylight. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The moon was full, and it seemed daylight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Out of a cupboard,” said I. “And I saw pistols in it,—and jam,—and pills. And there was no daylight in the room, but it was all lighted up with candles.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to leave at the first hint of daylight, so they'd have plenty of time to make it to Camp Green Lake before dark. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z As daylight flooded the cavern, Arachne’s tapestries along the walls crumbled to dust, which Annabeth could hardly bear to watch—especially the tapestry depicting her and Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But here, on Watership Down, there floated up only faint traces of the daylight noise below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Yee explains that this is because the days are getting shorter, so we have to make the most of the daylight hours. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z ‘Halflings! But they are only a little people in old songs and children’s tales out of the North. Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I’m not worrying so much about that,” I said, “as about getting into the Swiss part of the lake before it’s daylight and the custom guards see us.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Whether it was a touch of sulphur riding a breeze or a flick of yellow flame far ahead in the daylight, he could not say for sure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I fired off three more flares and it was instant daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When she woke up, it was as close to daylight as it was ever going to get. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was nine o’clock, five hours after daylight, before he rolled over, opened his eyes, and was awake at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning Pa went away before daylight with the horses and wagon, and that night he came home with a wagonload of fish. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale daylight that entered came from a single tiny window in the front wall, but there were no curtains. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z A few hundred yards ahead, Percy saw a square of daylight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Those were Sons of the Six in broad daylight, perhaps some of the very same ones who’d come into the zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If a German scout plane flew over it in daylight, all the pilot would see was an empty green field. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We shall get to the Pass in daylight; we do not want to arrive before. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight by the time they made it back to the intermediate airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was a thriving thoroughfare, but if white strangers doing business came along the road during daylight, we were warned not to speak to them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even so, streets would have to be crossed, in broad daylight. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z If they didn't come in daylight to my fire, they won't risk what could be another trap at night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The 46th Guards made supply flights in daylight as well as at night, in aircraft fitted with skis instead of wheels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was daylight when he woke with Warren’s hand upon his shoulder. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a powerful, dark-faced man, and now that she could see him in daylight Lyra saw a sad grimness in his expression. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Jessie could see as well in the dark as she could in daylight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was cold now in the time before daylight and he pushed against the wood to be warm. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was daylight, early morning, and the air was thick with smoke that hung, yellow and brown, above the ground. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy’s voice said, “Oh...You are in so much trouble.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The first traces of daylight were glimmering through the broken roof of the Honeycomb behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The mules, once they entered the mines, seldom ever saw daylight again until they died and were hoisted up to the ground and sold to animal processing factories. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She could begin now, setting it down as she had seen it, meeting the challenge by refusing to condemn her sister’s shocking near-nakedness, in daylight, right by the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our quiet voices boomed, and even daylight was a notch whiter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “If they only came at night, they could look like anything. But if they come in the daylight, they got to look ordinary. So any of these people might be Gobblers....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The roads were safe in daylight, but the Klan were out riding strong after dark set in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not least from his own feeling of vigour and hunger, he suddenly understood that he had slept the daylight away, nine hours at least. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I’m facing the window, and I can feel the change in daylight.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we stood in the daylight alone again, Joe backed up against a wall, and said to me, “Astonishing!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was clear daylight now and a fine rain was falling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Here, migrants hope to cross during daylight, because residents are likely to bring gifts to the tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian sat in her chair by the window, its velvet drapes drawn against the daylight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “But that’s no reason to lose our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, swapping rumors.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The room seemed much smaller in the daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When she stepped out into full daylight, shielding her eyes, I could see that we were going to have a brother or sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z These books were frankly meant to shock their middle- class readers—to scare the daylights out of them—even as they played on their sympathies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Outside, it had been full daylight; here in the great, windowless hall, the chill and dampness of night rose from the cold flagstones like mist. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z According to the front page of the Herald, the British had staged daylight raids on Stuttgart, and another hospital ship had been torpedoed, but not sunk this time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She wondered what time it was, and how much daylight was left. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was daylight and the country was wet, low and dismal looking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was early afternoon, but already the daylight was beginning to fade. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A number of people remembered having heard an explosion early in the morning, before daylight. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There had been no vehicles all night, but he had to make sure they weren’t waiting somewhere for daylight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But now they were almost there, the blackness was turning gray; now he had stepped out joyfully into the daylight. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It started early in the morning on the day of the contest and didn’t end until only the winning kite flew in the sky—I remember one year the tournament outlasted daylight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Comparing the clippers to those old-world wrecks was like squinting into daylight after coming out of a rust hold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The room into which the dogs, had disappeared was dark, despite the daylight that came in through the taU windows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Suppose he missed the lights, suppose— Toward morning there was faint color in the sky, not really daylight, a lifting of the darkness. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was daylight, he would be even more afraid of touching it with his bare hands, but he wouldn't tell anyone about its presence in his room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Paths, which in daylight seem clearly trodden ways, twist and turn in the night, looping back on themselves and vanishing into dense thickets. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Sarai heard them whispering before she opened her eyes, and the golden daylight wavered—light, shadow, light, shadow—as they moved back and forth between the window and her bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After all, Mudd and Booth had met on several occasions, in broad daylight, and Booth had slept at Mudd’s farm in the past. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t sleep during the hot daylight hours; he couldn’t cope with the nights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The daylight is too bright, the surroundings too mundane and green. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He crossed the bridge, and eventually he saw daylight once again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It went off every day to announce noontime, and also to signal the end of daylight fasting during the month of Ramadan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a bare handful of people inside, not surprising as harvest was in full swing and there were still five or six hours of good daylight left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For that, she had to put her trust in the crew of the Argo II. The daylight was almost gone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Po-2s didn’t usually fly in daylight because their slow speed made them easy for enemy aircraft to chase and shoot down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the daylight, it's easier to push away my doubts and convince myself that I'll find the Resistance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We cleared out of the back seat of Dominick’s car and started off down a short wooded path that Fred and I walked a hundred times in daylight, but never crossed in the dark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When she opened her eyes it was daylight and the warm yellow of the land gave her hope. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing I recall, it was daylight and Abbey was shaking me by the shoulders. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Joel-and-Peter stood at the base of the wall and pointed to a pinpoint of daylight overhead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Here I was right out in broad daylight refreshing my taste with a Lucky Strike. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing that struck me was the daylight—blazing sun coming through giant windows. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z |
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